--- jmc [Fri, May 15, 2009 at 03:36:55PM -0400]: --- 
> --- Jose Perez Rodriguez [Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:15:17PM +0200]: --- 
> > Hi. Yesterday I was installing packages from the ftp and i was using this:
> > 
> > "export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386/";
> > "PKG_CACHE=/home/"
> > "pkg_add ............."
> > 
> > But when I install a package the package and the dependencies isn't in
> > "/home". I have tried with "PKG_DIR=", "PKGDIR", and "PKG_TMPDIR=", but the
> > result is the same. When I installed OpenBSD 4.4 (long time ago) I used
> > "PKG_CACHE=" and it worked. What could it be? Is something wrong?
> 
> how long ago did this work for you? are you using sudo? if so your
> environment is not being preserved.
> 
> read sudoers(5) and check out the env_keep option.

ugh. scratch this. i now see that PKG_CACHE is present in the default
4.5 /etc/sudoers .

i'll be right over here if anyone needs me :)

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